If you create a second, third, or fourth primary partition on a physical disk, PartitionMagic will create the new primary partition as unhidden. However, PartitionMagic will automatically hide the other primary partitions on that disk when performing a Set Active operation.
4From the Partition Type
FAT is the most universal file system type. It is used by DOS and all versions of Windows.
FAT32 is used by Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP.
NTFS is used by Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP. If you create an NTFS partition under Windows 9x, it will be created with NTFS version 3.0, which is not compatible with Windows NT 4.0. To create an NTFS version 1.2 partition that will work with Windows NT 4.0, run PartitionMagic under Windows NT 4.0 and create the partition.
Linux Ext2, Linux Ext3, and Linux Swap are used by Linux.
Extended creates an extended partition which can contain any number of logical partitions. Extended is not an option if the hard disk already contains an extended partition or four primary partitions.
Unformatted creates an unformatted partition on your hard drive.
5(Optional) Enter a label for the new partition.
Labels can be up to 32 alphanumeric characters for NTFS partitions, 16 alphanumeric characters for Linux, and 11 alphanumeric characters for other file system types.
6In the Size box, enter the desired size for the partition. Or, in the percent of unallocated space box, enter the desired percent of unallocated space for the partition.
PartitionMagic automatically calculates a recommended size (based on the most efficient use of disk space), which you can accept or change.
If you are creating a Windows NT 4.0 (SP 4or higher) system partition, it cannot be larger than 7.8 GB, and it must be fully contained within the first 7.8 GB of the hard disk.
